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HE ALSO SAID THAT BASED ON A SYSTEM OF MANUAL EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE LATEST MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE LATEST MOVING THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY. THE PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) FOR JANUARY - MARCH 1985 WAS 3.1 PER CENT,
THE AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.3 PER CENT. UNADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DECEMBER 1984 - FEBRUARY 1985 WAS 3.1 PER CENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14 000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 53 000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG. PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1985 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND JUNE 20.
RAINSTORM REMINDER FOR SCHOOLS, PARENTS ******
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE RAINY AND TYPHOON SEASON, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN REMINDED SCHOOLS AND PARENTS OF ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS AND PRECAUTIONS.
IN A RECENTLY ISSUED CIRCULAR TO ALL SCHOOLS, THE DEPARTMENT REMINDED ALL HEADS OF SCHOOLS OF THE NEED TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERNAL TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS FOR THOSE PUPILS WHO MISS SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THE CIRCULAR FURTHER STATED: +IT IS IMPORTANT TO REASSURE PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE PENALISED UNDER THESE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. ALSO, STUDENTS LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS OR OUTLYING ISLANDS SHOULD NOT BE PENALISED FOR BEING LATE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.+
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OVER THE RADIO AND TELEVISION CHANNELS CLOSING ALL SCHOOLS WILL BE MADE ONLY IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS IT.
/+WHERE POSSIBLE,